Category: Egypt

Egypt: Administrative Court Rejects Parliament Approval of Red Sea islands’ Handover to KSA

June 21, 2017

Egypt’s highest administrative court Tuesday issued a new verdict opposing Egyptian parliament’s approval of government decision to surrender Tiran and Sanafir islands in the Red ... Read More

Egypt: Court lowers Prison Sentence to Police Officer for killing Peaceful Protester

June 20, 2017

A criminal court in the Egyptian capital Monday pressed a ten-year condemnation against First Lt. Yaseen Hatem accused in 2015 for killing political activist Shaimaa ... Read More

EBRD Lends Egypt € 290 Mln for Rail Modernization

June 19, 2017

Millions of commuters across Egypt will benefit from a €290 million financing provided by the EBRD to support the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) in its ... Read More

Egypt: MPs tussle over Tiran and Sanafir

June 12, 2017

The Egyptian parliament Sunday convened for a two-day session to review the controversial 2016 agreement regarding the handing over of the islands of Tiran and ... Read More

Gulf Crisis: Cairo Calls UN to investigate Qatar’s Alleged Ransom Payment to a Terrorist Group

June 9, 2017

Egypt Thursday called for an UN Security Council inquiry into accusations that Qatar allegedly paid around $1 billion as ransom to a terrorist group in ... Read More

Egypt: Nine Banks to invest $1.5 billion in coal-fired power plant

June 8, 2017

In Egypt, a consortium nine local banks have pledged to invest about $1.5 billion in a project to increase the North African nation’s electricity capacity. ... Read More

Egypt: US embassy staff banned from visiting religious sites outside Cairo

June 6, 2017

The US embassy in Cairo Monday instructed its staff to avoid religious sites outside Cairo as attacks against Coptic Christians multiply. The embassy said on ... Read More

Russia, Egypt boost ties after diplomatic row

May 30, 2017

Egyptian and Russian Foreign affairs ministers on Monday discussed bilateral and regional issues in Cairo including the resumption of flights between Russia and the North ... Read More

EBRD Supports Upgrade of Sanitation Infrastructure in Egypt

May 29, 2017

The EBRD has lent €186 million the Fayoum Water and Wastewater Company to enable improve living conditions of the local three million inhabitants through the ... Read More

Egypt Bombs Daesh Positions in Libya in Retaliation for Attack against Copts

May 28, 2017

Egyptian fighter jets have stricken bases of the Islamic State (Daesh) in eastern Libya after the latter claimed the attack south of Cairo on a ... Read More